Pub with accommodation offering bed and breakfast.
Now under the management of Hugo and Julie of the Old Fox in Coaley. The restaurant and bar has been recently refurbished.
The Clothiers Arms is an another of Stroud’s handsome Cotswold Stone establishments, located on the intersection between Bath Rd and Rodborough Hill.
Its location is large and triangular, steeply sloping, with the pub sitting at the back spanning the gradient on several levels. The Car park is accessed off the Bath Rd and is level with a large retaining wall to the rear. Seating in the garden area above this benefits from commanding views to the west and the River Severn. It is a popular pub with families, locals and visitors alike.
You enter the Clothiers by the door into the bar area, a capacious comfortable space with a mix of plush upholstered banquette seating and tables and chairs. To your left you will find an area with the pool table and dart board and the back of this the toilets. To your right the area faces the long bar with seating and windows facing the Bath Rd. The bar runs perpendicular to the door towards the rear of the building where a wood burning stove may be found in the fireplace, a cosy location in winter. Walking past the bar to the rear you can turn left and up some steps to the restaurant.
The outside area has tiered patio areas with beautiful glass walls and table tops fitted atop stone filled stainless gabions and a covered area with removable vinyl sides with comfy furniture. Plenty of lighting allows use at dusk or after dark.
There's an adventure playground for the kids.
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Opening and food times correct as of 2nd June 2026
Historic Interest
The present Clothiers Arms was built in 1880 on the site of an earlier beerhouse dating from around 1840. Its name reflects Stroud’s long association with the woollen cloth trade, which brought prosperity to the town and surrounding valleys during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The pub stands on Bath Road, a principal route through Stroud which was formerly a turnpike road, meaning travellers were required to pay a toll for its upkeep at a nearby gate and tollhouse. This made the Clothiers Arms a natural stopping point for both local trade and passing traffic in the horse-drawn era.
A 1952 account recorded that a major cloth-making factory stood only a short distance from the pub, part of the wider network of mills that once lined the River Frome and its tributaries. These mills formed the heart of Stroud’s textile industry, producing high-quality woollen cloth exported worldwide.
The textile tradition continues nearby today. Lodgemore Mill (WSP Textiles), together with its associated Cam site, maintains production of specialist woollen fabrics. The Cam works undertakes the spinning and weaving processes, while finishing stages such as felting, raising and nap-setting are carried out across the group, producing technical cloth including the felt used for tennis balls and billiard and snooker table cloths. This continuity links the modern industry directly to the historic cloth trade that shaped the area.
This Pub serves 4 changing beers and 1 regular beer.
Changing beers typically include: Fresh Standard (varies) , Stroud (varies) , Uley (varies)
Cask Ale
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